DAILY NO. 38 · VERIFIED MEASUREMENTS
Today's five music Size It Up comparisons with the measured size of each object, its reference and a source you can check. The puzzle is still live, so every answer stays hidden until you tap it. Haven't played yet? Play today's puzzle first.
The October 29, 2026 puzzle ran from an alto saxophone at 74 cm to a concert grand piano at 2.7 m — about 4× apart, drawing on music. The pair furthest apart was round 2: a cello is about 1.5× smaller than a refrigerator.
Answer: Concert Tuba — 1 m. A concert tuba measures 1 m (height), which is almost exactly the same size as the reference, an acoustic guitar at 1 m.
Up to 5.5 m of tubing, wrapped into about a metre of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a concert tuba when it sits beside an acoustic guitar — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Cello — 1.2 m. A cello measures 1.2 m (height), which is about 1.5× smaller than the reference, a refrigerator at 1.8 m.
The body accounts for about 76 cm — the rest is neck and endpin.
Common miss: players tend to inflate a cello when it sits beside a refrigerator — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Alto Saxophone — 74 cm. An alto saxophone measures 74 cm (height), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a violin at 59 cm.
The bend and the bell fold more than a metre of tubing into 74 cm of instrument.
Common miss: players tend to compress an alto saxophone when it sits beside a violin — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Drum Kit — 1.5 m. A drum kit measures 1.5 m (length / span), which is 1.2× as big as the reference, a 55-inch television at 1.2 m.
Kit width is set by the bass drum and how far the drummer’s arms can reach.
Common miss: players tend to compress a drum kit when it sits beside a 55-inch television — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
Answer: Concert Grand Piano — 2.7 m. A concert grand piano measures 2.7 m (length / span), which is 1.3× as big as the reference, a queen bed at 2 m.
A concert grand can be more than 2.7 metres long.
Common miss: players tend to compress a concert grand piano when it sits beside a queen bed — big things get squeezed, small familiar things get stretched.
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